Dear Eli,

Your favorite pastime these days is standing up. Your chunky little thighs working as hard as they can while your straighten your body, making yourself as tall as possible, looking all around and noticing every interesting thing. Well, this morning while you were standing up in my lap you reached out your little arms and placed your tiny hands on my cheeks and studied my face for what felt like an eternity. I smiled at you and you smiled back at me, and even though we can’t share words yet, it felt in that moment that you could see how much I adore you. I wouldn’t change one thing about you, my precious boy. My heart grew three sizes the day you were born and somehow its still running out of room to hold all my love for you.